I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.

The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.

I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.

Digital data are more fragile than printed material.

The fact that I spend a lot of time in the 18th century doesn't mean I'm not concerned with the 21st.

It's important to make clear to all the schools at Harvard the central role of the library.

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

Customers loves certainty, make sure you give it to them.

Conceive, believe and achieve.

...we were back at home, and I had returned to that reassuring but profoundly unsatisfactory state known as 'being in one's right mind.

The emotions I feel are no more meant to be shown in their unadulterated state than the inner organs by which we live.

There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.

Everything in life is most fundamentally a gift. And you receive it best and you live it best by holding it with very open hands.

The first 18 holes are extremely difficult.

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.

[Andy Murray] tries to get you to do a lot of different things. He tries to throw you off by giving you some slower balls and some harder balls.

If there is a will, there is always a way my friend